Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-02-04
EXCHANGE NOTES.

while under the influence OF liquor.
StrdsbMg Nacs On Thursday last, some
miscreant entered the stable of Mr.. Geo.
II Komtz, some miles west of this place,
and was in the act of leading of one
Of Mr. Koontz's horses, when the owner
made his appearance. The party being
detected at once dropped the rein and ran
away at a lively speed, thus doubtless
escaping summary and merited punish
ment for his misdemeanOr.
Page Courier The dwelling of Mrs.
Snapp, in the Springfield district, this
county, was destroyed by fire on last
Monday night, and ON Wednesday night
following the cabinet shop Of Mr.. James
w. Walter, in the same district, was also
burned. How these fires originated is not
known, but the former is supposed to
have caught from defective flue. There
was no insurance upon either
The Bridgewater correspondent Of the
Rockingham Register says; Ida V. Hughes,
aged eight years, aldaughter of Mr.. Frank
Hughes, chokcd to death last Wednesday
morning while eating piece of cake. She
had been suffering from a severe attack Of
diphtheria for a month or more and her
throat was so diseased that it was almost
impossible for her to swallow. Mr., II. has
had a great deal Of sickness in his family
tins winter, and our community feels
great sympathy for him in his afiliction
aud bereavement.
Rockbridge Ndcs VIM. A. Talley, Of
Buchanan, had been in town for some
time, and was engaged in making and
selling churns. On Saturday he met with
some friends and was invited to drink,
which he did, and soon was intoxicated
We took the Richmond and Allegheny
train at East Lexington, and when awak-
ened and asked by the conductor for his
ticket, he replied that he had none, and
wished to be put OH the train. The train
was stopped and he got off. II was sup
posed that he had just awakened, and
was dazed OF bewildered aud knew not
where he was. Seeing light across the
river. he tried to 90 to it, and in crossing
the ice it gave away with him, and he
was drowned.
ToUey Trginian The Alexandria
Gazette of the 22d mentioned that fine
granite quarry had been found on the
farm Of Mr.. w. H. Hartman, in Culpeper
county, about two miles from the county
seat and one and half miles from the
Virginia Midland railroad. A sample Of
it taken to Washington was pronounced
by the city engineer to be of superior
quality and equal to the best Richmond
granite piece of the stone submitted
to a polishing test, showed that 1t will
take high polish. A casual examination
of this specimen by competent chemist
OF this place, adduced the opinion that it
was a good quality of granite and could
be worked to advantage. Col. A. W. Har-
man, of Stanton, father of the owner of
the property, commenced work at the de-
post on Monday last with number of
hands. for the purpose Of testing thorough
" the extent and quality Of the metal.
1t is located in a mountain, and from sur
face indications the quantity of it will
be found practically inexhaustible, and
the quality Of il will be submitted to
further and more thorough tests If it
should prove to be what il is now believed
to be, the Virginia Midland will build a
track to il and give such freight rates as
will enable it to compete with any other
article of the kind, that can be laid down
in Washington. From Superficial tests
made it splits well, and the high polish is
will take is evidenced by the specimen We
have SEEM which was the result Of few
Minutes work. We hope it may prove a
remunerative discovery, and that its
proprietors may be amply repaid for any
expenditure they may make in its develop
ment. It is only another evidence Of the
/ vast extent of the hidden wealth of Viz
glnia and what arothe possibilities Of the
| State in the future.
StduntOn JindicdiOr The residence Of
Mrs Susan Flory, near New Hope, was
destroyed by fire about midnight of
Thursday last. The fire originated IN the
bake house and smouldered for long
time before blazing out. When it did, the
destruction of the building was so rapid
that nothing in the house was saved. Two
young ladies who were visiting Mrs.
Flory lost their trunks. The building
was insured in the East Augusta Mutual
Fire Insurance Co. for 81 Co.,. The
largest stock yards on the Chesapeake a
Ohio Ry. are the "Greenbrier,' located
about eight miles from Anderson, w. Va,
They do an enormous business, feeding,
watering and resting stock in transit to
the Eastern markets. They comprise ~
large stables with capacity for several
thousand animals. Some days as many as
eighty carloads Of horned cattle, horses,
sheep, and hogs, are moved, fed, and
forwarded. The Ronceverte Ne,cs says an
idea may be formed of the vast business
done from the fact that the cost Of sup
plies during the last three months, aver
aged S1s, 900 ...-. About two years ago
Ely MiddlebrOok, colOred, was tried in
the Augusta County Court, for the murder
Of Tom Brown, also colored, jealousy be-
ing at the bottom of the crime. The jury
found murder IN the first degree" but
Judge Stout set aside the verdict. At the
next trial the jury gave a verdict in the
second degree with eighteen years in the
pententiary. Lately, it became evident
that the convict was soon to die of con-
sumption, and Gov. Lee was applied to
for a pardon. He granted it about week
ago, but when it came Ely was too far
gone to leave the prison hospital, where
he had been for some time. On the 2lst
inst he died .-.---S Some nights ago, a
serious accident was aVerted on the new
port News and Mississippi Valley Rail
road, between Tuckahoe, a station east of
the White Sulphur Springs. and small
station west of Ronceverte. At Tuckaboe
the engine Of an east bound freight train
was detached to take water, and the con
ducter, ordering brakeman to watch
the tram, went into his OabooGe and fell
asleep. The cars started westward down
the grade and passed the White Sulphur
Springs at great speed. From the latter
place kilograms were sent along apprising
railroaders Of the accident and directing
them to do all IN their power to arrest the
runaway cars. At Roneeverte a gronp Of
/ .osi~ood man with lapfQrna in hand